Interview with Robert Milner

When we wrote the book “Retrieving for All Occasions” it was very important for us to spread the knowledge that it is possible to do gun dog training with positive reinforcement methods. (With positive dog training we mean that you train your dog without physical and/or verbal corrections that can be perceived as unpleasant for the dog).

We want to continue to spread the knowledge that this is possible, we feel that it is almost a mission for us – to spread the word! That’s why we would like to publish an interview with Robert Milner who is an excellent instructor and dog trainer. Enjoy!

How do you regulate the level of arousal in your dog training?I keep it very low and strive to reward only when the dog is in a calm state of mind.

If you are only allowed to choose one thing that you think is most important to train in order to get a dog to perform great on field trials or in the gun dog training, what is that? (What is on the top of your list?)95% recall in high distraction environment.